The 19 fraud charges over the sale of state lands in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme instituted against Dr. Irfaan Ali before he became president are currently pending as the Magistrate’s court is awaiting a decision from the Guyana Court of Appeal on the way forward.
After the charges were instituted against Ali in 2018—then former People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Housing Minister, he moved to the High Court against the Commissioner of Police, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Chief Magistrate, and Detective Corporal Munilall Persaud to seek a declaration that there was no statutory or common law duty to obtain a valuation prior to the sale of property.
The High Court had, however, ruled against him and he subsequently appealed to the Court of Appeal.
